Demonstrators from both sides of the HJR-3 issue shout and sing outside the Indiana Senate chamber at the Statehouse on Feb. 13, 2014.

Our forefathers were wise in providing for a separation of church and state. Views on gay marriage are religious issues. Legally, anyone should be able to marry whomever he or she choses, same sex or not. We are a free country that believes in individual freedom.

Increasingly, our courts are recognizing the changes in our society and have been removing outdated hindrances that impede these individual freedoms. I will be surprised if the U.S. Supreme Court does not remove all legal blocks to gay marriage soon.

Those whose religious beliefs oppose gay marriage are free to join a religious group that shares the same beiiefs. They are free to speak their minds, of course, but they cannot be given the power to legally deny another's freedom.

Tom Fuller

Carmel

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Religious views should have no bearing on marriage rules

Our forefathers were wise in providing for a separation of church and state. Views on gay marriage are religious issues. Legally, anyone should be able to marry whomever he or she choses, same sex or